Non Escort Tipping

[+ poolboy48220]

My brother waited tables for three years after college. He said he had an epiphany when he realized that it was the same arm motion putting out a Denny's Grand Slam or a $200 bottle of champagne, but one of them paid a hell of a lot more. So he quit working at Denny's and went to work at the Hilton.

Exactly. One of my first jobs was at a restaurant attached to a hotel, it had three sections, all part of the same establishment. The Coffee Shop, an informal family-type room, a lounge/bar, and the Dining Room. Same kitchen, prices were much lower in the Coffee Shop, the waitresses worked just as hard but made SO much less in tips, because the bills were lower.

[gallahadesquire]

I've been to a couple restaurants where excessive familiarity is their schtick - a place in boston, back in the mid-80's, renowned for rude waitstaff. Calling you out when you didn't finish your potato, for example. Ours wasn't rude in that way, but she did plop herself down at our table, sighed "Oh, it's been a long day", and told us about the specials.

 

Was this Durgin Park, perchance? They are no longer surly. And they were empty (it was a weekday) the last time I went there.

[+ poolboy48220]

I had to check with the friend who I went with, but yes, it was.

[+ Avalon]

In my teens I worked at donut shop. There was no tip jar. No one ever left a tip.

 

All I got was free donuts ;-)))

[+ quoththeraven]

Was this Durgin Park, perchance? They are no longer surly. And they were empty (it was a weekday) the last time I went there.

*pouts* I was going to ask the same thing. I've been there several times. Never encountered rudeness, just directness and efficiency.

[gallahadesquire]

*pouts* I was going to ask the same thing. I've been there several times. Never encountered rudeness, just directness and efficiency.

 

When I was in college, in the early '70's, Faneuil Hall was down on its luck, as was most of Boston. This was about 5 years after the song Dirty Water came out.

 

At any rate, the current Tourist Trap that is Faneuil Hall was all but deserted, save for a few basement Meat purveyors (think sides of beef, you perverts!), and the restaurant Durgin Park. The waitresses were unbelievably surly, assumedly for show. I remember going there for dinner and we'd finished the water pitcher. As she picked it up, the Waitress called us bastards.

 

The food was amazing. Yankee Stew, 99¢, and a pound-and-a-half lobster, $1.99.

 

The line was always very long, unless you (a) were old enough, and (b) knew enough, to enter through the bar. Much shorter line.

 

I love me that Dirty Water. I kinda miss the old Boston.

[+ quoththeraven]

When I was in college, in the early '70's, Faneuil Hall was down on its luck, as was most of Boston. This was about 5 years after the song Dirty Water came out.

 

At any rate, the current Tourist Trap that is Faneuil Hall was all but deserted, save for a few basement Meat purveyors (think sides of beef, you perverts!), and the restaurant Durgin Park. The waitresses were unbelievably surly, assumedly for show. I remember going there for dinner and we'd finished the water pitcher. As she picked it up, the Waitress called us bastards.

 

The food was amazing. Yankee Stew, 99¢, and a pound-and-a-half lobster, $1.99.

 

The line was always very long, unless you (a) were old enough, and (b) knew enough, to enter through the bar. Much shorter line.

 

I love me that Dirty Water. I kinda miss the old Boston.

I was there back in those days as well as later on after Faneiul Hall was redone. The food was good, the portions generous and the prices amazing.

 

I also frequented Legal Seafood more often than Durgin Park. For one thing, until the fire, it was less than a mile away from where I lived. I don't know if the flagship has gone downhill, but the franchises are definitely Not All That.

[+ azdr0710]

 

 

 

Fun Fact!.....the Standells were from Los Angeles and had never been to Boston when they recorded the famous song.....